Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

kritapas-95899 Man with a Movie Camera is the most distinctive film during that time because unlike any other movie there is no main character or extraordinary story line. Instead the film is based on an ordinary life of citizen in Soviet Union. The director revolutionized film industry using unique camera angle and technique. Nowadays we can still see lots of film technique that were used in Man with a Movie Camera. Although at the time that this film was released many people dismiss this film because there is no content and doesn't understand the emphasis of the author on the shooting technique. The film starts with a morning shot of the city when everyone is still sleeping. Then the film maker follows a some of individual daily routine throughout the day. The film often switch focus on who they are following to emphasize the way film can show parallelism timeline or how filmmaker can show audience how to sequence the shot. Man with a Movie Camera is a realism documentary film during Soviet Union. The author enhances the experience of audiences by using a movie camera to capture the important moment instead of using a normal camera. This film shows us how a sequence of photos can be taken a step further and add movie technique such as fast shot, metaphor and symbolism to tell the story and enhance view's experience. The first thing that we see in the film is how author capture choreography of the chair flipping when people enter the cinema theater. This first scene set the tone that it is going to be unconventional to every film during that era. Since there isn't any protagonist in the film, they need to capture audience attention with their form instead of their content. One of the most memorable technique in the film is making a comparison between people waking up and the window open. This technique takes advantage of quick-cut editing to make audience recognized the metaphor that the author want audience to understand and focus on the film. This technique is important for filmmaker because one of the way to catch audience attention is to make them think along with the film and left some part out for them to use their imagination to fill in the missing pieces. Another technique that stand out and see some usage in other film is the use of fast motion and slow motion after action is repeat. This happens during the screen that a woman is working on making cubic shape package. This technique is simple and effective because it makes ordinary or boring action look more interesting because the action is a lot faster, so it looks like there are more energy put into each action. In conclusion, although the film technique that was shown in the film is not refine. There are lots of technique that have been refine and envelop into recent movie. We can see some resemblance of Man with a movie camera technique in every movie since the release of this film. The film serve its purpose of attempting to use the camera to capture things other mediums of entertainment, such as books and plays, cannot with unique film technique.

dmj-44089 Dziga Vertov's 1929 film Man with a Movie Camera stands even today as one of the most powerful and breathtaking films of all time. Vertov's use of captivating lively scenes help to showcase a wide variety of emotions and likenesses describing what Russia and the City of Moscow were going through in their early communist era. Although silent this film speaks volumes as to what the capabilities and possibilities were at the time by bringing the reader into a broad range of fast cutting segments as well as close zooms that were revolutionary at the time they were first brought into modern film. I lost count on the instances where I found my eyes glued to the film in anticipation of what Vertov's crew would come up with.In instances of day to day life one may never consider drama to form in a way that conveys a message. This film captured this sense perfectly in its many on-screen sections that depicted the lives of the strangers in the film. Scenes of people going about their daily lives has never before been such an art form, let alone to those watching in the 1930s but even today. I am captivated by the meshing of multiple scenes together to create a work of art. One example of this are the trolley scenes where the film makers split the frame in half and give away the illusion that the area held within the combined frame is full of life and movement. Vertov also helped convey a sense of early Russian propaganda in an instance where the cameraman is shown standing high above the city peering into and recording the daily lives of the citizens below. The use of mise en scène is important in these two scenes because they always fill the screen with exactly what you are supposed to see, and there are no extras that could affect the vision of the film for the viewer.The film uses many different points-of-view to help captivate the viewer. I felt in many scenes that the director was trying to use every new trick that they had when it came to film making to make the film exciting. One example of a use of this was in the scene with the blinking girl transitioning to the rapid opening and closing of the window blinds. This scene was pivotal in drawing a viewer's eyes to the screen, the fast-changing scene caused the viewer to focus on what was happening in the film at that specific time. Another scene that helped bring the viewer into the film was when the camera appeared to be run over by the train early in the film. To someone watching the film in the 1930s one would question as to how the cameraman could have possibly survived such a stunt, causing much intrigue in the audience. Although the next scene shows how the crew simply dug a hole under the track and eventually escaped with their footage and unharmed. This captivating showing of originality was what set this film apart from films even today in my eyes. I never once felt for a moment that I was missing out on the lack of sound in the film as it was made up entirely visually.It has been shown, and through its very modernistic and knowledgeable approach in experimentalism that Man with a Movie Camera was a film decades beyond its time. The ability to capture an audience with things they may have never seen before is unparalleled in many films even today. The crew behind the film attempted to convey the message that there is more to film than just telling a story, it can move and shock the audience while captivating the feel of emotion within them. Fast moving scenes and witty editing come together perfectly to create an instant classic that I would recommend to anyone looking to truly understand what goes on behind the scenes of a film, and what goes into making a film that can draw an audience in effortlessly.

peefyn This movie is interesting in many ways. It shows you a 20s, early communist Soviet. It introduces a lot of cinematic techniques. It shows peoples attitude to cameras and being filmed. And by filming a cameraman at times, it feels like you're seeing how movies were made back then.One of the main things I took out of this was that Vertov must have been trying to compare film to the photograph. While photos could be facts, film were fiction - obviously not always, but in general. In this movie, by starting out with showing static objects, and then later showing them in full action, Vertov shows how film can represent the facts of reality as well.But he doesn't only show the positive side of film, you can see him showing how it can be manipulated and forged into fake realities, and how people can be involuntary filmed. It's an exploration of what good, but also what evil, one can do with a camera.But despite all of this, I feel the main reason the movie was made was as a proof of concept. To show all that could be done with a camera, and to impress the audience with this new way of thinking. The problem with this is that today, this concept does not need to be proved anymore. It was a challenge to me to keep myself awake and alert through this movie, and not drift into other thoughts. Maybe this is because I am not experienced enough with this kind of movies, but I think it is just as much the fact that it is dated.

DoctorSmocter I saw this film for the first and second time last night.The first time I saw this film it was with the soundtrack by the Alloy Orchestra, apparently composed around the director's notes. This happened to be my favourite part. The actual images on-screen, while well-shot, were boring and I had to strain my interest to keep watching until the end. I could at least appreciate the intentions of the filmmakers, which was to make an "experimentation in the cinematic communication," or a film without intertitles, without actors and without a story.This intention, as well as the appreciation for the film by many people, was enough for me to decide to watch it again, this time without the soundtrack by the Alloy Orchestra. I'm really glad that I did.The second time I saw this film the seemingly random assortment of images on-screen, I realized, for in place for a reason. There is not a story in the conventional sense, as advertised, but I felt that the film captured a story of life itself - compare the contrasts of marriage and divorce, life and death. I was interested enough to sit through the film again as a whole, despite the absence of the soundtrack (which I felt may have been a distraction for me).I don't really know how an audience would have reacted to this film in 1929, when it was first released, but it ought to have been a rewarding experience for some, and it was certainly an influence for many.